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Gitlab Cookbook

You're reading from   Gitlab Cookbook Over 60 hands-on recipes to efficiently self-host your own Git repository using GitLab

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Product type Paperback
Published in Dec 2014
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ISBN-13 9781783986842
Length 172 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Jeroen van Baarsen Jeroen van Baarsen
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Table of Contents (11) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Introduction and Installation 2. Explaining Git FREE CHAPTER 3. Managing Users, Groups, and Permissions 4. Issue Tracker and Wiki 5. Maintaining Your GitLab Instance 6. Webhooks, External Services, and the API 7. Using LDAP and OmniAuth Providers 8. GitLab CI A. Tips and Tricks Index

Creating a group

In this recipe, we will take a look at creating a group. Groups can be used to create a namespace where you put your projects. You can also give people permissions on the group level. When you create a new project, all the group members will automatically have access to that project.

How to do it…

Let's add a group by performing the following steps:

  1. Log in as admin.
  2. Go to the Admin area section.
    How to do it…
  3. Click on New Group.
    How to do it…
  4. Enter a group name and an optional group description and click on Create Group.
  5. You will be redirected to the new group page.
  6. To add a new user, you have to enter their username in the search for a user box.
    How to do it…
  7. In the permission drop-down box, select Developer.
  8. Click on Add users into group.
  9. You now see two users in the Group Members box.
    How to do it…

You have now created a group and added a member to the group.

How it works…

Groups are GitLab's way of introducing namespacing for your projects. So, if your project has multiple repositories, you can create a group for...

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